How long are they pregnant? How often do they go into heat?

labman

Responsible dog breeding requires much more than posting a few basic questions to a general Q&A site. As a starter go to American Kennel Club - akc.org and read what they have to say on breeding. Then read a few books. A good one to start with is Successful Dog Breeding, by Chris Walkowicz, DMV.

I am very upset about 10,000,000 dogs we slaughter every year for lack of homes. Many of them lead short miserable lives before being killed in often inhumane ways. I copied this from a forum that bills itself ''A forum about responsible pet ownership''.

''I find this to be a powerful video to share with those talking about breeding:


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http://www.brightlion.com/InHope/InHope_en.aspx''

I am sorry, but I think the dog world would be better off if you forget breeding all together. You can't make money doing it right, and we already have too many people taking too many shortcuts. Anybody that really loves dogs will do all they can to discourage you. I don't feel obligated to help you. I do feel obligated to discourage people from creating problems.

RubyPitbull

I am sorry burdfam, I am in complete agreement with labman.

I am vehemently opposed to breeding. Therefore, I will not answer anyone's questions that appear on this forum regarding breeding. Please be a responsible pet owner and fully research the do's and dont's with the AKC's Dachshund breeders associations. They are the best people to approach regarding any questions you may have. Breeding irresponsibly is so easy to do. Breeding responsibly is not. Irresponsible breeding is the direct result of why dachshunds and other breeds have so many inherent genetic problems. If you bought your dachshund from a pet store or a backyard breeder, your dog is not considered by the responsible Dachshund breeders of America, to be good breeding stock.

Jessyfay

I'm not even going to bother, I just have to come to terms that there are just unintelligent, selfish people in the world.

Petejones

I couldnt disagree more with the following answers, on the conditions breeding is done correctly and by a knowledgable breeder who has a genuine interest and love for the animals who has taken there time in studying about there canine, and takes the time to better the breed by entering them into different show enviroments to show the dogs true protential is NOT selfish nor cruel. But BYB (backyard breeding) is totally a different story. these breeders breed dogs purely for private gain or just to produce pedigree pups, they are in no way improving the breed but are infact just producing more dogs which in the long term could end up in animal shelters. people should NOT have such a low opinon on dog breeding if it is done correctly if everyone thought that way, we would not have a good standard of daschund that we have today. People shouldn't be bias on this subject.

carolbcac

Pete, we tend to have a knee-jerk reaction on the subject because we have seen the results of haphazard breeding. Yes, there are responsible breeders out there. When a poster asks the most basic of questions about heat cycles, they are obviously new to dog breeding. Hopefully they will realize they need to learn much more about it. Part of that learning is going to involve their responsibility to not contribute another randomly bred litter just because they have a female in heat and an available male of the same breed.

labman

I have been around the net a long time answering dog questions. I relate questions like the OP's question to all the screwed up puppies others come for help with. While there is nothing wrong with quality breeding, there are too many people breeding dogs that don't have a clue how to do it right. If you are asking questions that indicate you have never even read a general dog book, don't even think of breeding.

dashhound lover

well you should never breed the dog on its first heat and they are pregnet for about 3 months and you should never breed a dog to much always miss every other heat and only about 4 to 5 time you should bread a dog it is unsafe to the mom and pappies to do more thin that